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NSWMA Comments <br />Page: 6 <br />type of system results in the highest recycling rate or whether organized collection results in higher recycling rates. <br />Furthermore, the differences in recycling rates from the various systems are not great enough to warrant drawing the conclusion <br />that organized collection for recycling results in higher recycling rates. This is an example of how the report uses poor <br />information to draw conclusions that are not founded in fact or are very questionable. <br />Attachment 2: <br />Consider the following pie chart below where we place trash trucks within the context of the overall Total Annual GHG <br />emissions for the State of Minnesota (148,800,000 metric tons of CO2e), within the total transportation sector, which represents <br />25% of the total GHG emissions for the state (37,200,000 metric tons of CO2e). Within the total emissions generated by the <br />transportation sector, 18% (or 6,700,000 metric tons of CO2e) of the emissions are attributed to all diesel trucks. <br />Because we do not have data on the amount of garbage trucks operating in the state and the GHG emissions from the waste <br />industry, it is not possible to calculate the GHG emissions contribution from the waste industry or develop a percentage from <br />the pie chart. However, we are able to depict the reductions in GHG emissions from the waste industry if organized collection <br />were implemented as estimated by Foth. From a truck emissions standpoint, the Foth report estimates that a reduction of 6,000 <br />metric tons of CO2e could be achieved through organized collection. This represents a minimal emissions reduction of .004 % <br />of the total GHG emissions generated in the state annually. See the pie chart below for a relative comparison. <br />Minnesota Total Annual GHG Emissions <br />GIIG emissions <br />other sectors 75% <br />Theoretical <br />Maximum reduction <br />in GlIG emissions <br />with Organized <br />Collection .004% <br />148.8 M MtCO2e <br />Sector Breakout <br />Passenger Vehicles, <br />61% <br />Other combined <br />categories 21% <br />emissions 18% <br />■ GIIG emissions - other sectors <br />■ Passenger Vehicles <br />0 Other combined categories <br />■ Total Diesel Truck emissions <br />M Theoretical maximum reduction in GFIG emissions with Organized Collection <br />1163 E. Odgen Avenue, Suite 705, PMB 313, Naperville, IL 60563 <br />800-679-6269 630-848-1101 630-848-1102 fx <br />www.nswma.org <br />